Blouse holder



Sept. 2, 1952 ER BLOUSE HOLDER Filed Feb. 26, 1951 IN V EN TOR.

apertures I and It in succession and folded back 7 on itself until'itsends are of the same length; and a plurality of knots l1, [8, etc. aresecured by merely knotting both strands at once to form a multiplicityof places of attachment for adjusting the length of the device.

In Fig. 2 the tension member is broken away at l9 to illustrate the factthat it may be madeof various lengths. When used for a blouse holder, itmay, for example, be from six to twelve inches in length from the disc[2 to the knot ll. When used as a sanitary pad securing device, as shownin Fig. 5, it may have nothing but a short one or two inch projectingstring 20 on the device, whichneed not have any resilientcharacteristics andis merely used for pulling the disc back into theposition of Fig. 4.

. Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, these figures illustrate themode ofattaching the present device securely to a garment, such as a pantie ora blouse, without danger of tearing the garment. For example, the clothof the garment is drawn about the disc 12 in Fig. 3; and the disc,bearing the fabric folded back upon it, is pushed edgewise through theslot l4.

- It is shown almost through the slot in Fig. 3. During this action therelatively thin fabric wrinkles, but the wrinkles themselves are alsothin and pass readily through the slot; and the tension member [3 alsopasses through the slot. As soon as the disc has passed through the slotedgewise it is turned to the position of Fig. l, transverse to the slot,but parallel to the plate l I. The disc is then pulled backward againstthe plate; and the fabric is spread out about the securing device, whichthen provides a firm nontearing securement to the, fabric.

Referring to Fig. 1, this illustrates one of the devices used as ablouse holder. The upper end of thedevice has its disc 12 and plate IIsecured to the blouse 21 near its lower border 22. The tension memberthen extends downward and has one of its loops passed over the securingmember of a standard stocking garter strap, as shown in Fig. 6.

For example, such a garter strap has a base member 23 with an upstandingheaded button 24.

' It also has a wire member 25 pivotally mounted on the base at 26,having its narrow portion 21 placed over the head and pulled upwarduntil the, narrow portion will not pass the head.

, One of the loops formed by the knot IT or the knot 18 is placedoverthis wire member 25 before it is secured over the headed member 24,which carries the stocking. Thus by selection of the proper loop and byproviding a suitable number of knots, the effective length of thetension member l3 may be adjusted to the height of any person or to thedistance between the blous border and the garter.

. The stocking and garter pull down on the device, which-in turn pullsdown upon the blouse to keep it from creeping upward out of the skirt.

,The garter may be a garter carried by a garter belt, a pantie, or anysuitable garment.

It will thus be observed that the present blouse holder involves the useof only three additional elements, the tension member, the securingdisc, and the slotted anchor plate.

Referring to Fig. 5, this shows the use of my securing device forsecuring a sanitary napkin in the. pantie or similar garment. One of thesecuring devices is used at each end 28, 29of the sanitary" napkin 30.such napkins are usually provided with a longitudinally projecting pieceof gauze at each end.

In this case the gauze and fabric of the pantie at the point 28, forexample, are placed upon each other with the anchoring plate II on theinside; and the button or disc I2 is pushed through, carrying the fabricfrom the outside and with it the gauze through the slot I4. The

I short tension member 20 is used to pull the button back against theinner surface of the anchoring plate II; and the remaining upwardlyextending gauze is then turned downward over the plate l'l.

Suitable points 28 and 29 are selected on the pantie with respect to thewaistband thereof so that the sanitary napkin ispulled up snugly by thepantie.

It should also benoted that the amount of rigidity in the disc and platemay be relatively low; and thin plastic sheets may be used, which arebendable, provided they are not capable of being deformed by the lightforces which are applied to this device. 7

Thus the sanitary pad securing device may be made of plastic sheetmaterial which is bendable, but which does not bend out of placebecause. it has a limited amount of rigidity in the presentinstallation.

It will thus be observed that'fundamentally the sanitary pad securingdevice and the blouse holder include the same elements, except that inthe blouse holder the tension member must be made long enough to extenddown to be attached to the garter.

The present device is so flat that it is practically invisible; and asit extends with its plate and disc parallel to the body surfaces of thewearer, it is not usually felt by the wearer. The device provides a firmmode of securement to relatively thin and fragile fabrics withoutlikelihood of slipping or tearing them; and it may be manufactured andsold at a very low price because of its simple construction and theminimum amount of material employed in its manufacture.

While I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, manymodifications may be made without departing from. the spirit of theinvention, and I do not wish to be limited to the precise details ofconstruction set forth, but desire to avail myself of all changes withinthe scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United states, is: g

A'blouse holder assembly comprising a lower portion of ablouse, a thin,fiat disc having an aperture for passing and securing an elongatedelastic tension member, said blouse portion being covered over said discand gathered about said tension member, and a fiat, rigid slot member,said slot member having an elongated, narrow slot of sufficient lengthto passthe blouse covered disc and of sufficient width to pass theblouse covered disc and tension member, the rigid slot member having thedisc and covering blouse portion passed through the slot, and theelastic tension member pulling the disc flatly against said slot member,the said elastic tension member being provided at its opposite end. witha plurality of loops located at successively longer portions of saidelastic member, for attachment to a greater member, to regulate thelength and tension of said tension member, and a garter member securedto a stocking, and having a part of the arter member passed through oneof said loops, the said tension member pulling upward on said gartermember and downward on said blouse.

ELAINE BERG.

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